2014-09-14 16:23 GMT+02:00 Mark Morgan Lloyd < markmll.fpc-pas...@telemetry.co.uk>:
> I'd be far happier if there were provision for declaring a temporary > "shortcut" symbol: > > with shortcut: TSomething= TreeRoot.SubDirs[Low(TreeRoot.SubDirs)]^ do > begin > shortcut.DirLogged := true; > shortcut.DirHatFocus := false; > shortcut.SubDirsExpanded := true; > Yes, something close to alias in SQL, instead of plain elision which "with" currently performs. This would allow for a clearer writing without the pitfalls of the Pascal "with". -- Frederic Da Vitoria (davitof) Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - http://www.april.org
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